Shelving



J. E. BALES Feb. 12, 1935.

sHELvING Filed sept. ,16, 195s IEEE and for fastening adjacent uprights together, but also provides for ornamentation.

In some instances, it may be desirable to provide a countersink 40, Fig. 8, in the face 15 of the leg 14 so as to receive the head 20 of the fastening means 21, or the under bolt head of a carriage bolt, so that when the part or nut 23 is applied, the bolt 22 or the carriage bolt` will be prevented from rotating during tightening movement of the nut.

Changes may be made in the form, constrc'fV` tion, and arrangement of the parts without de-V parting from the spirit of the invention or 'sacrificing any of its advantages, and the rightis hereby reserved to make all such changes as fairly fall within the scope of the following claims. f f s The invention is hereby claimed as follows:

1. An upright for shelving having a front face andan inwardly extending leg, said leg vbeing deformed to provide a longitudinal groove, and fastening. means passing through the leg at the groove, said fastening means having a head lying in the groove, the depth of the groove" being greater than the thickness of the head,'and a shelf fastened to the upright by said fastening means.

2. An upright for shelving Vhaving a front face and an inwardly extending leg, said leg being deformed to provide a longitudinal groove,fastening means passing through the leg at the groove, said fastening means having a head lying within the groove, the depth of the groove being greater than the thickness of the head, and shelving fastened to theupright by said fastening means, the front face of said upright having longitudinal beads and a groove between beads.

3. An upright for shelving having a front face and an inwardly extending leg, said leg being deformed to provide a longitudinal groove, fasten-v ing means passing through the leg at the groove, said fastening means having a head arranged within the groove, the depth of the groove being greater than the thickness of the head, and shelving fastened to the upright by said fastening means, said leg being provided with a countersink in the groove to receive the head and prevent rotation of said head during tightening of the fastening means.

4. An upright for shelving comprising a `front face and an inwardly bent leg, said leg having a longitudinal centralportion Voffset to provide a contacting surface and a longitudinally extending groove, fastening means passing through the contacting surface at the groove, and shelves engaging said contacting surfacev and fastened to the uprights by the fastening means. n

5. An upright for shelving comprising a front face and an inwardly bent leg, said leg having a central portion offset to provide a contacting surface and a longitudinally extending groove, fastening means passing through the contacting surface at the groove, and Vshelves engaging said contacting surface and fastened to the uprights by the fastening means, the front face of said-upright being provided with longitudinally extending adjacent beads Awith a groove between beads.

6. An upright for shelving comprising a front face and an inwardly bent leg, said leg having a central portion offset to provide alined surfaces and a central offset contacting surface and forming a longitudinal recess, said central contacting surface having spaced apertures, shelves engaging the central contacting surface, fastening means passing through the apertures and engaging the shelves to fasten the shelves to the upright, said fastening means having a head, said head lying within the recess which has a depth greater than the thickness of the head, a second upright of like construction arranged adjacent the first upright with the alined surfaces of each upright contacting and engaging, and fastening means passing through: the apertures of each upright for fastening the two uprights together. il '1; An upright for shelving comprising a front faceand an inwardly bent leg, said leg having a central portion offset to provide alined surfaces Yanda central offset contacting surface and forming a longitudinal recess, said central contacting surface `having spaced apertures, shelves engaging the central contacting surface, fastening means passing through the apertures and engaging the shelves to fasten the shelves to the upright, said fastening means having a head, said head lying within the recess which has a depth greater lthan the thickness of the head, a second upright of like construction arranged adjacent the nrst upright with the alined surfaces of Veach upright contacting and engaging, and fastening means passing through the apertures of each upright for Afastening the two uprights together, each upright having a front face provided with longitudinal beads separated by a groove wherebythe two uprights when fastened together give the appearance of a single wide beaded upright.

- 8. An upright comprising a leg having anA offset portion providing contacting surfaces on opposite faces ofthe leg and a longitudinal groove intermediate the ends of the leg, whereby shelves may be attached to the upright andengage one face of the leg and a member may engage the face on the other side of the leg, and fastening4 means passing through the leg at the groove and a shelf to'supp'ort the shelf against one face of the leg, a part of the fastening means being arranged wholly within the groove, said leg being provided with apertures in the groove whereby fastening means may be'passed through the leg and fastened to an adjacent member engaging the other face of the leg. 1

9. A shelving construction comprising a vertical upright having a vertical front face, the metal of said upright being bent laterally to provide an angularly vdisposed leg, a portion of said bent leg being disposed in a vertical plane which is inset with respect to said laterally bent portion, a shelf having angularly disposed sides, one of said sides being disposed against the inner wall of said front face and the adjacent side being disposed against the inner wall of said inset portion, and fastening meansV passing through apertures in the shelf and in the inset portion with the head of the fastening means lying in said inset portion, the depth of the linset portion being greater than the thickness of theA head. K

' 10. A metallic shelf construction comprising a pair of vertically disposed uprights each having a vertical front face, the metal of each upright being bent laterallyV to provide a vertical leg, a portion of said leg being disposed in a vertical plane which is inset with respect 'to the vertical plane vof said laterally bent portion, said uprights being disposed with their front faces in a commonvertical plane and with their laterally bent portions in opposed contacting relationfsaid inset portions of said legs being spaced apart and having registering openings disposed in vertically spaced relation'therealong, and shelf members secured to each upright, each of said shelf members having angularly disposed sides, one side being in conand passing through one of the openings in said tact with the inner wall of the front tace of said inset portion of said upright and through said upright and havingits adjacent wall in contact shelves, and :fastening means passing through with the laterally bent" portion of said upright, another pair of registering openings for securing 5 fastening means having heads disposed wholly the pair of uprights securely together.

within each of said-inset portions o! said upright' t, JAMES E. BALES. 

